Numbers 12:5

Numbers 12:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud; he stood at the entrance to the tent and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them stepped forward,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Lord came down in the pillar of cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both went forward.

Context of Numbers 12:5

3(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any person who was on the face of the earth.) 4And the Lord suddenly said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, “You three go out to the tent of meeting.” So the three of them went out. Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent; and He called Aaron and Miriam. When they had both come forward, 6He said, “Now hear My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, will make Myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream. 7It is not this way for My servant Moses; He is faithful in all My household;

Numbers 12:5 word by word

וַיֵּ֤רֶד יְהוָה֙ בְּעַמּ֣וּד עָנָ֔ן וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד פֶּ֣תַח הָאֹ֑הֶל וַיִּקְרָא֙ אַהֲרֹ֣ן וּמִרְיָ֔ם וַיֵּצְא֖וּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Then the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• cameיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• in a pillarעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
• of cloudעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
• and stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• at the entranceפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• of the tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• and He calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• and Miriamמִרְיָםmiryâm · MiriamH4813
• When they had bothשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• comeיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318

Cross-references for Numbers 12:5

• Numbers 11:25Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him; and He took away some of the Spirit who was upon him and placed Him upon the seventy elders. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. Yet they did not do it again.
• Exodus 34:5And the Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the Lord.
• Exodus 40:38For throughout their journeys, the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.
• Psalms 99:7He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; They kept His testimonies And the statute that He gave them.

Commentaries on Numbers 12:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-15Verses 1-15 Miriam, as a prophetess (compare Exodus 15:20-21) no less than as the sister of Moses and Aaron, took the first rank among the women of Israel; and Aaron may be regarded as the ecclesiastical head of the whole nation. But instead of being grateful for these high dignities they challenged the special vocation of Moses and the exclusive authority which God had assigned to him. Miriam was the instigator, from the fact that her name stands…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8In response to this rebellion, the Lord spoke directly. He reaffirmed the special status and authority of Moses.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood the door of the tabernacle--without gaining admission, as was the usual privilege of Aaron, though it was denied to all other men and women. This public exclusion was designed to be a token of the divine displeasure.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 12:5

• Ambition
• Citizens
• Cloud
• Envy
• Forgiveness
• Judgments
• Leprosy
• Minister, Christian
• Tabernacle
• Treason

In the dictionaries

• Aaron
• Miriam
• Cloud
• Dedicate
• Exodus
• Hazeroth
• Meek
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Dark Sayings

Commentaries on Numbers 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings